This engaging first poetry book is absolutely the best one for the very very young. It celebrates all those things closest to a young child’s heart from food and family to animals and play. Gervase Phinn has written a corker and the illustrations by Jane Eccles complement the words so well.
Professor Gervase Phinn taught in a range of schools for fourteen years before becoming an education adviser and school inspector. He is now a freelance lecturer, broadcaster and writer, a consultant for the Open University, Honorary Fellow of St. John's College, York, Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) of the University of Leicester, Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) of The University of Hull and the Fellow and Visiting Professor of Education at The University of Teesside. In 2005 the highest academic award of Sheffield Hallam University, Doctor of the University (D.Univ.) was conferred upon him by the Chancellor, Professor Lord Robert Winston. In 2006 he became President of The School Library Association.
This entertaining volume of verse for the very young is the perfect introduction to poetry. Ages 4+ years.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed What I Like! and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-4 years old
What I Like! features in the following genres: Stories in Verse, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations
What I Like! is available in Paperback
What I Like! was written by Gervase Phinn and published by Child's Play International Ltd